Casa At-Home Challenges

Tuesday, April 14th, 2020

Practical Life- Bottles and Caps

Go to your kitchen and look in your fridge. Usually on

the door there are shelves that hold bottles or jars.
With an adult’s permission choose 6 or 8 bottles or
jars. Place these in your workspace in a line. Begin
removing the lids one at a time and place them to
your right side in a line. Make sure they are mixed up,
so they are not straight across from their matching
bottle. Now you need to match the lid to the bottle
and twist it back on. Repeat again or change your
bottles to different ones. Remember when you are
done, make sure to put all the bottles back where you
found them.

Sensorial- What is that Sound?

Today we are going to help refine our sense of hearing. Change into your
outdoor shoes and head to your backyard. If you are unable to go outside, you
can open your window. Lay down on your back and close your eyes. See if you
can lay perfectly still and quiet. What do you hear? Set a timer for 1 minute and
try to lay still without making any noise. After the time is up, sit up and see if
you can remember all the different sounds you heard. We encourage you to
draw or write what you heard on a sheet of paper. For an extra challenge, see if
you can go for 2, 3, 4, or even 5 minutes. Can you remember all the different
sounds you heard in that time? Where do you think those sounds came from?
Arithmetic - Sweet Graph

For this challenge you need a package of small

candies (for example Skittles or m&m’s).
Remember you cannot eat any until you have
completed the activity! We are going to make a
graph for the different colours. Find coloured
pencils to match each of the colours of the candies. You can use a graph paper if
you have one or you can make one by drawing grid lines on a paper. You need to
draw a line on the left side of your paper and write the numbers from 1 to 15 on
the side. Then draw a line on the bottom of the paper and shade one square on
the bottom to match each colour of the candy. To stay organized place all your
candy in one bowl. Choose a candy, say the colour, put the candy in a different
bowl and proceed to shade one square for that colour. Continue with all the
candies until you have graphed them based on their colour. Review your results
by checking along the side column as to how many of each colour you have. Can
you imagine what the last step is going to be….that’s right, you can eat the
candy!

Language - Lets Build A Story

Before stories were written on paper, they were shared orally, with only words.
Today you are going to build a story with your family! Start your story with a fun
opener like, “Once upon a time in a magical forest” or “One dark stormy night”.
When you have finished sharing your part, point to another family member, this
shows them it is their turn to build on the story. Continuing taking turns until the
story is told!

When you have finished building your story, write out what you can remember.
If you cannot write, draw pictures about what happened in the story. Share your
creative stories with your teachers.
Culture – Vertebrates

In our classroom, we have an activity called the Five Vertebrate Families.

Let’s find out what vertebrates are. There are five different groups of vertebrates.
These five groups include amphibians, reptiles, fish, birds, and mammals. Did
you know that humans are part of the mammal group? Vertebrates are animals
that have a backbone or spinal column. You can feel your spine by leaning
forward and touching the middle of your back, do you feel those bumps? That’s
your spine! Let’s take a closer look at the five groups of vertebrates.

Fish are animals that live in the water. They have gills that allow them to breathe
under water. They have scales on their body, are cold bloodied and lay eggs in
the water. Mammals are warm-blooded, they have hair or fur covering their
body, give birth to live young and female mammals nurse their babies. Birds are
warm-blooded, they have wings, feathers, a beak, and their babies hatch from
eggs. Reptiles have dry scaly skin on their body, breathe air, are cold blooded and
usually lay their eggs on the land. Amphibians spend part of their life in the
water and part on the land. They are cold blooded, have moist skin and lay eggs.

Let’s make our own Five Vertebrates Family activity. To start, find pictures of a
variety of different animals. You could look in magazines, newspapers, or print a
picture from the internet. You could also draw your own pictures of different
animals! Cut these pictures out. Next, make a label for each group of vertebrates
and try to write out the names in cursive writing. Begin by placing the five labels
on a mat or towel. Look at the pictures of the different animals and sort them
according to whether it is a fish, bird, mammal, reptile or amphibian. Place
these photos under the correct label.